Telegraph Cryptic Answers

Wednesday, 8th March 2023

There are 14 across clues and 15 down clues for the Telegraph Cryptic crossword on Wednesday, 8th March 2023. View the answers below..

The Answers

Number#	Clue	Answer
AAcross 1:	What Sunak will do at election time – leave the city	GO TO THE COUNTRY
AAcross 8:	Northerner's home including empty bathroom
AAcross 9:	The full complement of men on board?	CHESS SET
AAcross 11:	Do without women?	STAG PARTY
AAcross 12:	Live healthily after start of diet
AAcross 13:	Fan missing large part of cricket match
AAcross 14:	Place to study poetry or the cosmos
AAcross 17:	Leave behind organised tour – it's heading for Paris
AAcross 19:	Powder used in metal cannon
AAcross 23:	Plant wound around end of trellis
AAcross 24:	Gift wrapping I had for chairperson
AAcross 25:	Arrest mean criminal, e.g. 'Scarface'
AAcross 26:	Expert with brief moment for publicity material
AAcross 27:	Our King Richard has directions for novelist	CHARLES DICKENS
DDown 1:	Painter wins over Kensington and Chelsea, say
DDown 2:	Time small town dismisses lead ploughman's work
DDown 3:	Group of performers travelling to Peru
DDown 4:	I want more energy and new heart
DDown 5:	Separately, this makes 11	ONE BY ONE
DDown 6:	Sharp dip made from chopped endives with nothing in
DDown 6:	Sharp dip made from chopped endives with nothing in
DDown 7:	Caviar expensive, it's said? It may be a buck	ROE DEER
DDown 10:	Nato articles sorted out disputes
DDown 15:	Wild stare by king and queen for naked intruder
DDown 16:	Lose or fail to catch fish, we hear
DDown 18:	Dirty, like a mountain lake?
DDown 20:	Drunk owes me a grand
DDown 21:	Very famous person's foot?
DDown 22:	Writer admitting current work is a cinematic life story